Right, first baseball practice. 95 F, heat index about 10 degrees higher than that. Two hours. Fun.

And today, after a writing binge that puts about 5000 words in the last two days, I've finished The Blind Illusions. Though I'm probably going to give it a hefty rewrite sometime in the future (to give it a more fitting tone), the plot's all ( Read more... )

It's all about layers. Books, people, music...all can be broken down. You can analyze all their parts, understand each segment, but in the end, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Understanding layers individually helps not in understanding the whole, when you put the layers together.

Chapter 40: The God Machine

It's almost over.

Last GO day. Yay ( Read more... )

Yeah, it's always fun when you get a whole bunch of old Vietnamese women over for a nice family get-together. Yeah, always fun. Especially with the cousin and aunt from Florida that you visited over Christmas. At least the annoying cousin there is distracted with his DS and, now, my Gamecube ( Read more... )

I could ramble on about what's happened over the last three (?) days, but ultimately I don't really care. Stuff happened. Stuff always happens. Who cares how my classes went, what minutae of jokes and interactions occurred? Who cares that I did nothing on my off day Friday but SAT prep work (at my parents' insistence, I will add)? Who cares ( Read more... )

I thought it might slow down after the frantic binge reading I had to do to finish my book for independent study in Spanish. (And now what do we do? Oragami frongs...with Spanish directions ( Read more... )

A crowd, bustling, jostling, kicking up dusty dirt on occasion. One man stands out from the crowd, his vivid burgundy robe a stark contrast from the faded earth tones of those around him ( Read more... )

11:00. "Ah, Michael, you're up. We're going to IHOP. That is, if we can get the ice off the car."
"You're just telling me this now?"
12:15. "We're leaving in 15 minutes." *turns on Xbox and starts playing some Halo 2* "Dude, four needler clips, half a clip of carbine, and a plasma grenade, and the heretic leader's still going? God, legendary ( Read more... )

Well, almost.
The Blind Illusions Chapter 29: "The Battle of Earth"
Two books down. One more to go.
July 23 - December 12. About four and a half months. I guess I was a little behind schedule.

5 laps. Time requirement: 9:10. My time: 9:09 ( Read more... )